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J. s. OUTTELL. CORN HUSKBR.

No. 436,776. Patented. Sept, 23, 1890.

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JOE S. OUTTELL, OF BINGI-IAM, IOWA,

PATENT OFFICE.

ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ROBERT N. THOMAS, OF SAME PLACE.

CORN-HUSKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,776, dated September 23, 1890.

Application filed April 15, 1890.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, JOE S. CUTTELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bingham,in the county of Page and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful CornHusker, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to corn huskers adapted to be worn upon the hand in the act of husking; and the object of the invention is to improve the construction of similar implements heretofore made and used.

To this end the invention consists of the specific construction hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the r accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of a human hand with my improved husker in proper position for use thereon. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side view of the husker. Fig. 3 is a view of the upper end thereof. Fig. 4 is a section through the detachable connection of the pin with the strap.

Referring to the said drawings, the letter P designates the pin having the integral tongue T, and S is the strap, as are common in this class of implements.

Corning now to the present invention, the pin P is reduced, as at 1, at its lower end, where it is round, or approximately so, to permit the closing of the hand, and its body is concavo-convex, the concave side being next the hand and the convex side next the ear to be grasped therein. The tongue T projects at an angle to the body of the pin and is slightly curved inwardly toward the thumb at its tip the better to facilitate the use of the tool.' At its lower end the pin is provided with a hook 2, adapted to enter one of a series of holes 3 in the strap, and the latter is 0 widened toward its upper end, as shown, the

better to protect the forefinger. The upper end of the pin 4 is bent over the forefinger upon the wider end of the strap and forms a Serial No. 348,074. (No model.)

firm and broad bearing for the forefinger in the act of using the implement. The upper end of the strap is detachably connected to the wider upper end of the pin by a metallic staple 10,whose body stands inside the strap, whose ends pass outwardly through holes therein and aligned holes in the upper end of the pin, and whose tips 11 are bent preferably outward against the outer face of the pin and slightly over its edges, as at 12. When it is desired to detach the strap from the pin, these tips are bent up and the staple bodily withdrawn from the holes through the strap and pin; but under all ordinary circumstances this form of fastening will retain the parts in connected position, as will be understood.

The manner of using this implement will be readily understood by an experienced husker, and is therefore not enlarged upon here.

The advantages of the specific construction above set forth are believed to be apparent, or at least will be so to the user of a husking-tool constructed in accordance with this description.

I claim as the salient points of this invention- The herein-described husking-tool, the same comprising a metallic pin having a tongue at one side and holes through its upper end, a strap adj ustably connected to the lower end thereof, and a staple passing outwardly through said strap and said holes in the pin and bent over upon the outer face of the latter, its tips being bent over the edges of said pin, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim thevforegoing as So my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOE S. CUTTELL.

WVitnesses:

W. P. FERGUSON, S. A. THOMAS. 

